Chapter 182: The Battle of Saarburg (Part II)

However, he was really unwilling, obviously he didn't do anything wrong, why did he fail? It's Belvie, damn it, if he had a little more troops, the German coalition would not have been able to break through Saarburg.

Ramosirier suddenly remembered his troops in Metz, a fortified city at the confluence of two rivers, with forts intact on all sides, and heavy artillery more than enough to offset the Austrian artillery superiority.

As for the people of Lorraine, those guys were originally the subjects of the Duke of Orleans, so why should the warriors of France be worried?

Thinking that at this time Ramosilier made a bold decision, he would appoint General Gaine as the commander of the garrison of Saarburg, and then withdraw to Metz with the main force himself and the decisive battle of the German coalition army.

At night, after a day of fierce fighting, the two sides finally got a respite, and the soldiers of the coalition army rushed to the dining car almost immediately.

After a day of bloody fighting, the soldiers' physical strength had long been exhausted, and once the tense nerves were relieved, they felt hungry and cold.

The Austrian military dining car had already prepared steaming porridge and soup, but the porridge might be a bit of a gesture to the cooks, or rather some kind of paste.

But fortunately, the hungry soldiers didn't care about that, they just wanted to fill their stomachs and relieve the accumulated pressure at the same time.

The battlefield food truck was first invented by the Prussians, but more than a decade later, the U.S. government announced that the western cowboy had invented a similar food truck at almost the same time as the Prussians, and the U.S. military could use the technology for free because the patent owner could not be found.

At this time, the so-called food trucks of the Prussians were not complicated, and even somewhat rudimentary.

Franz's dining car was based on the field cooking cars of later generations, and although it sounded very lofty, it was actually not very technical, and it didn't take much effort to complete the design.

Its only function is to quickly provide the soldiers with hot food, otherwise the soldiers would only have to eat dry food and cold water, which will not only affect the recovery of the soldiers' physical strength, but also make it easy for diseases to spread in the army.

However, at this time, the officers of the other countries in the coalition army not only did not have any positive evaluation of the Austrian food truck, but even criticized the Austrians for being arrogant and lascivious, greedy for pleasure, and unwilling to give in even if they went to the battlefield, and they were simply a group of old soldiers.

Even the Allied soldiers who had benefited from the food trucks felt that the Austrians were too degenerate and lacked the strength and blood of the German nation.

Austria's own officers also did not understand, why bother, didn't the soldiers just live? Why hire so many chefs, isn't it a waste?

And it's really inconvenient to take these guys on the battlefield, and you even have to equip them with special horses and guards.

In fact, this suspicion is largely due to the fact that nobles and military officers have their own private cooks or high-quality dry food, and they do not need to worry about eating a mouthful of hot food or drinking a cup of hot water.

Even after such a tragic battle, the banquets of the nobles and officers were still filled with all kinds of delicious food and wine, and there were even special bands to cheer them up.

However, these disparages and sarcasm still made Albrecht feel very big, but as a general who would eat and sleep with his soldiers on the battlefield, he knew that the food at this time was definitely much better than before.

The Austrian soldiers really didn't have much gossip, because they knew it was good for them.

Some soldiers choose to fall asleep after a full meal, after all, some people have to rotate in the middle of the night.

But there are also sentimental soldiers who can't sleep, some of them wiping their weapons and waiting for tomorrow's battle, while others pray for themselves or their dead comrades.

As they would continue to attack tomorrow, the wounded soldiers were taken away to nearby towns for medical treatment.

The French camp was not so lucky, and the officers ate corned beef that had been sealed for decades with a spicy throat.

The soldiers at the bottom were even worse, they could only swallow the biscuit dregs with cold water.

The wails and moans of the wounded soldiers were even more irritating, and although they were irritable on the surface, they were already filled with fear that they would become like that, and that they would be left aside.

Ramosilier and his staff in command planned to leave Saarburg as soon as the battle began tomorrow. This minimizes the morale problems associated with retreating.

Normally, two or three days should not be a problem for General Gain, but two or three days is enough time for Ramosilier's main force to open a safe distance from the German coalition forces.

Gaine was calm when he learned of the whole plan, and he gladly accepted the task, because he knew that the French army would have no hope of winning if they continued to fight like this, and would only be constantly consumed by the German coalition forces.

Both Ramosillier and General Gaine ordered the plan to be kept strictly secret, but the contents of the plan were leaked.

Some of the already wavering officers wanted to run away early when they heard the news, and they gathered together in the middle of the night and quietly escaped into the night.

In the middle of the night, gunfire erupted from the rear of Saarburg, and the French and German allied forces immediately entered the battle mode, and both sides fired at the fire where the other was located, and the chaotic battle continued all night.

After daybreak, the battle became more and more intense, and the scene of guns and cannons and blood flying everywhere could be seen, and both the attack and defense suffered heavy casualties.

At this time, Ramosilier's plan was put to a halt, and the deserter who had fled the previous night claimed to have been ambushed outside the city, and at first he did not believe it.

However, as soon as his main force left Saarburg, he was ambushed, and the officers leading the group retreated to Saarburg because they did not know the number of enemy troops.

This tactical retreat was understandable, but his behavior, combined with the rumors that the deserters had brought back, immediately made the French soldiers uneasy.

"Did you hear that? The main forces of the German coalition had already defeated General Bono de Coullen and captured Celesta. ”

"The German coalition has bypassed the Vosges Mountains!"

"Hey listen! I've heard that the German coalition has taken Metz! ”

"What is this! It is said that the main forces of the German coalition have circled to the rear of Saarburg."

Ramosirier knew that the best way to break a lie was to defeat it with action and facts, so he immediately sent troops to clear the obstacles along the way.

To Ramosillier's surprise, however, the cleaning team he sent was quickly beaten back.

As mentioned earlier, the officer leading the team was met with an unknown number of enemy troops, much to Ramosilier's anger.

After all, he had not received any news from the enemy before this, so they could only stand in the way of a small group of enemy troops or even militia or guerrillas.

Ramosilier decided to lead his troops to break through himself, and he wanted to show the juniors how the warriors of France fought.

Then Ramosilier, who had just left Saarburg, fled.

"Where did they get so many rockets?"

It's over tomorrow